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<p>"Opening Ceremony of M&ouml;ssbauer Effect Data Center (MEDC) and
International Symposium on M&ouml;ssbauer Spectroscopy" were held at
DICP on 23-25 June, 2010. More than 70 M&ouml;ssbauer scientists from
abroad and China participated in this event. On the opening ceremony,
welcome speech was made by Prof. ZHANG Tao, Director of Dalian Institute
of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Congratulation messages were separately given by Prof. BERRY Frank, Past
Chairman of International Board on the Applications of the
M&ouml;ssbauer Effect (IBAME), Prof. REISSNER Michael, General Secretary
of IBAME, Prof. STEVENS John, Past Director of MEDC, Prof. SAITOVITCH
Elisa Baggio, Past Vice-Chairman of IBAME, Prof. CHAI Zhifang, Member of
CAS and from Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS and Prof. ZHU
Shengyun, General Secretary of Chinese Nuclear Physics Society.</p>
<p>Among others were included the following distinguished guests and
specialists: Vice-Director of DICP (Prof. LIU Zhongmin), three Members
of CAS from DICP (Prof. LIN Liwu, Prof. LI Can, and Prof. BAO Xinhe),
Chairman of Chinese M&ouml;ssbauer Community (Prof. LI Fashen),
Vice-Chairmen of Chinese M&ouml;ssbauer Community (Prof. ZHANG Guilin
and Prof. YANG Xielong), Members of IBAME separate representative of
Japan (Prof. YOSHIDA Yutaka) and Spain (Dr. MARCO J. F.), Prof. WYNTER
Clive from New York and Dr. ENGELMANN Horst representative of the WissEl
Company.</p>
<p>The mission of MEDC is to provide information needs to the
international scientific community in the field of M&ouml;ssbauer
spectroscopy. It is well known that the role of MEDC within the
international M&ouml;ssbauer community is vitally important. MEDC was
founded in 1969 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in the
United States. Since the founding of the Center, headed by Prof. STEVENS
John, it has made great achievements. Presently, MEDC is the world's
sole central repository for the more than 50,000 published papers on the
M&ouml;ssbauer effect, dating back to 1958.</p>
<p>MEDC is relocated in DICP since 1 July 2010. Prof. ZHANG Tao,
Director of DICP, will take the responsibility of Director of MEDC.
Prof. WANG Junhu is appointed the Executive Secretary of MEDC. In view
of their great achievements to host and operate MEDC and reputation
within the international M&ouml;ssbauer community, Prof. STEVENS John
and Prof. BERRY Frank will be recommended as two Honorary Directors of
MEDC.</p>
<p>Essentially, the new Center at DICP will keep firmly the existing
mission of past MEDC headed by Prof. STEVENS John. It will as always aim
to provide the international M&ouml;ssbauer research community with a
variety of information needs, including the maintaining of
bibliographical and data computer databases. Data and information are
routinely disseminated via Internet-accessible databases, printed
handbooks, a monthly data journal, the Center's Web pages and e-mail. In
addition, MEDC will continuously assist the organizers of international,
national, and regional M&ouml;ssbauer conferences in their planning and
communications and provides support to the IBAME, the governing body of
the international M&ouml;ssbauer research community. The Center also
continuously acts as an information center for international
M&ouml;ssbauer researchers on a regional basis, such as those groups
working in Latin America, Europe, Russia, Japan and China. The Center's
objectives are as bellows: we will listen very carefully to the
international M&ouml;ssbauer community for their suggestions, fully
develop and promote the international M&ouml;ssbauer community, timely
update the database, create innovative tools and resources, and reach a
more global audience - all toward the goal of ensuring that scientific
knowledge relating to the M&ouml;ssbauer effect is available to all
scientists, students, and research groups.</p>
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